Warren Goodrum v. State of Arkansas

Cite as 2024 Ark. 170 SUPREME COURT OF ARKANSAS No. CR-24-240

Opinion Delivered: November 14, 2024

WARREN GOODRUM APPELLANT APPEAL FROM THE PULASKI COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT, V. SEVENTH DIVISION [NO. 60CR-18-3598] STATE OF ARKANSAS APPELLEE HONORABLE KAREN WHATLEY, JUDGE

REMANDED TO SETTLE AND SUPPLEMENT THE RECORD.

PER CURIAM

A jury convicted Warren Goodrum of capital murder and abuse of a corpse. He received a sentence of life in prison without parole for murder; a consecutive five-year sentence for use of a firearm; and a concurrent ten-year sentence for abuse of a corpse. He has filed an appeal from the sentence. We remand to settle and supplement the record.

Arkansas Supreme Court Rule 3-4(c)(2) states that when there is a jury trial, the “[v]erdict forms shall be inserted in the record.” We have reviewed the record, and the jury-verdict forms are not included in the record of the circuit court proceedings. See Ark. Sup. Ct. R. 4-3(a) (requiring this court to conduct an independent review of the record for prejudicial error in life-imprisonment and death cases). Therefore, we must remand this case to settle and supplement the record with the verdict forms. See Ross v. State, 2024 Ark. 70, *2 at 1; Mays v. State, 2024 Ark. 160 (per curiam). The supplemental record shall be filed with this court thirty days from the issuance of this opinion.

Remanded to settle and supplement the record.

David Joseph Deutch, for appellant.

Tim Griffin, Att’y Gen., by: Jason Michael Johnson, Ass’t Att’y Gen., for appellee.